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Farid Farjad is an Iranian(Azeri) descended American violin virtuoso. He was born in Tehran (Iran) in 1938. Farjad, who has profound knowledge on Persian Folk Music, also worked on Classical Western Music with violin. His works on Western Classical Music have had a large influence on the development of Persian music. He left Iran in 1978 and became citizen in the USA.

Farjad, who is known as one of the greatest violin virtuosos in the world, has released an album of five series: An Roozha I, An Roozha II, An Roozha III, An Roozha IV and An Roozha V. (An Roozha means: Those Days in Persian)
A collective album named “Golha Orchester” has also been released among his pieces.